I've edited the information from your comment into your question; in the future please do that yourself, or better yet, include it from the beginning. I'm also not sure whether you meant 180C or 180F.
– Cascabel♦Oct 10 at 16:06

I've found that it makes a tea that tastes kind of like vanilla.
– a coderOct 11 at 20:18

Should I use the ax on a wood block, then take it over to the flour grinder then dry it on the plastic dehydrator sheets?
– a coderOct 9 at 3:41

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From Wikipedia: "It forms fruiting bodies that are up to 30–100 centimetres (12–39 in) across, hard as leather, woody-textured, and inedible in raw form." -- it sounds cutting them may be nontrivial. Is this intended as generic advice about fungus or specific for this type?
– Cascabel♦Oct 9 at 14:32

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@Cascabel generic for any fungus and I see what a coder's question is now...
– FabbyOct 9 at 14:35